Flood check, Central Highlands
Has Central Highlands flooded?
Recorded flood extents, disaster history and the nearest warning gauge for the Central Highlands council area, plus a flood page for every suburb we track. The layer check for your own address is free; the full PDF report with maps is $49.
Recorded flood extents — Emerald
Yes — recorded flooding reached into Emerald in 2010 and 2011.
- 2010 The mapped 2010–11 wet season — Fairbairn flood extent reaches into Emerald. · State of Queensland Reaches in
- 2011 The mapped January 2011 — Queensland towns flood extent reaches into Emerald. · State of Queensland Reaches in
- Central Highlands Regional has been disaster-activated for 24 flood, storm or cyclone events since 2007 — most recently Queensland Monsoon Trough, Cyclone Koji, Cyclone Narelle and Severe Weather 24 December 2025 - 24 April 2026.
- Nearest flood-warning gauge: Emerald, Fitzroy basin — 7 km from the centre of Emerald.
The disaster-activation history covers the whole Central Highlands council area. The recorded-extent lines above are tested against Emerald's own boundary — Central Highlands's suburb with the most activity here — because an extent reaching one suburb doesn't mean it reaches another. Find your own suburb's record below.
Check your own address in Central Highlands
Free, and no sign-up: the flood layers on that lot, and whether each recorded flood reaches it. The full report ($49 incl. GST) adds every planning layer, maps, easements and the development applications around the site.
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Flood history by suburb in Central Highlands
Every suburb we track flood history for in Central Highlands — recorded extents, disaster history and the nearest gauge, suburb by suburb.
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Watch Central Highlands for development applications
Get a brief whenever a development application — the plans a council must approve before building starts — is lodged or decided near an address you care about, with the zone and planning constraints for the site. Free.